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Wednesday 9th January 2019  
  A Bonaparte's Gull was found at Furbo, County Clare, and a White-billed Diver was off Housabister, Shetland.

Lingering rarities included single Pacific Divers in Cornwall and County Cork, single Lesser Yellowlegs in Cornwall and Dorset, Long-billed Dowitcher in Lincolnshire, single Dusky Warblers in Warwickshire and Lincolnshire, Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Yorkshire, Lesser Scaup in Somerset and Ferruginous Duck in Hampshire.

Scarcity highlights included a Serin, a Richard's Pipit, a Rose-coloured Starling, a Lapland Bunting, three Great Grey Shrikes, three Yellow-browed Warblers, 35 Shorelarks, a White-tailed Eagle, three Rough-legged Buzzards, 11 Glossy Ibises, a White Stork, a Temminck's Stint, a Green-winged Teal, two Surf Scoters, four Ring-necked Ducks, six American Wigeon, a Black Brant, two Lesser Snow Geese, two Todd's Canada Geese, 13 Tundra Bean Geese, 24 Taiga Bean Geese, two Ring-billed Gulls, eight Glaucous Gulls and 13 Iceland Gulls.
-  Will Soar, RBA